Decades ago in another dimension, the sacred grove known as Mythenia was guarded over by the Sacred Knights of Mythenia which held the six Elemental Hearts. Led by a sage-knight named Elincia, the Knights protected the grove from evil until a warlock named Silvane and his army invaded the hallowed place in a great war. If left unchecked, Silvane would have taken control of Mythenia and the human world as well as anything beyond that. Though at the cost of many sacrifices, the Knights had won and eventually sealed Silvane away inside Komaza Cave, never to be seen again by using the powers of Elincia's brother Alester and the six holders of the Elemental Hearts of fire, water, ice, wind, earth and electricity/lightning. His army in the meantime scattered and fled.
Two of Silvane's generals were hiding out in an old abandoned fortress in a land called Islesonia that once belonged to their aforementioned master, along with a white haired and gray eyed girl named Lumina(who looked no older than 15 and was nicknamed Snowball by Aquas due toher hair color) they picked up somewhere with an affinity to the light element. One was a woman named Aquas who had ocean blue hairand matching eyes, hydrokinesis and a personality wicked enough to give the Joker a run for his money. Blaze however was the opposite of Aquas; his hair was red and so were his eyes, he wielded the power of fire and was more calm and reserved despite having pyrokinesis. Blaze was also chivalrous since he had a code of honor and wouldn't fight his opponent unless they were at full strength, much to Aquas's annoyance and irritation since she would finish off her targets at their most weakest or kick them when they're down. Both wore black armor and due to their opposing personalities, the two were constantly at odds but respected each others' abilities in battle and on missions as well. The hydrokinetic general caught the snowy haired girl walking around in one of the many hallways and shoved a bucket full of water in Lumina's hands, not caring if some of the water splashed on her or not. Apparently, Aquas had just got done torturing a prisoner being held in one of the cells of the fortress for information while Blaze watched her, in case she had gotten out of hand and outright killed him or her.
"Here, Snowball now go down to the dungeon and clean the prisoner's wounds, "Aquas said with a scowl on her face before tossing a rag at the light wielding teen, who expertly caught it. "And once you're done with that job go back and feed the rest but no fraternizing with the enemy, got it?"
Lumina nodded and left without saying a word as she knew that talking back to the female general was a bad idea, an example of which happened tobe a few grunts who ended up on the receiving end of Aquas's powers and were either drowned, scalded or frozen to death with ice cold water. The white haired girl saw this and vowed to never get on the older woman's bad side ever. Even calling the bluenette a "Sea Hag" had rewarded those that did a quick death or a full on torture session as Aquas was a sadist who LOVED seeing her enemies squirm and making them scream in pain.
She met Blaze on her way down who nodded at her before smirking, "Let me guess: Aquas sent you down there to go clean up her mess again didn't she?"
Lumina tried not to frown in front of him and replied with a stiff nod. She knew that the male general wasn't twisted and psychotic as Aquas but that didn't mean that he was not as equally dangerous. Blaze could torture people if he wanted to but instead he decided to do the talking while his partner was the one to take action.
"Can't blame you there, Lumina," the pyrokinetic said with folded arms, "I'd have to do the same should the situation be reversed since pissing her off is a huge mistake. Well, I shouldn't take up anymore of your time since I've got a task of my own to complete anyways."
He went on his way and left her alone in the dimly lit corridor. The whole area reeked of dark magic thus making Lumina tense up and clutch the bucket tightly before scrunching her nose as if she smelled something foul lurking about in the blackened stony hall, possibly from Silvane's magic when he once inhabited this place. Due to her wielding the power of light Lumina's body seemed to glow ethereally in the near darkness, somewhat making her look like a human flashlight.
Once at the dungeon, the white haired girl immediately went to work on cleaning one prisoner's numerous cuts and bruises specially made by the water general's whip and knife with the now damp rag handed to her by Aquas. She gently dabbed at any excess blood that welled up on the surface of the broken skin before wringing out the water and soaking the cloth again. Lumina let out a sigh as she concentrated a portion of her power to heal the wounds, but the dark magic surrounding the building made her healing capabilities quite weak so she couldn't utilize them to their full potential. The least the 15-year-old could do was close up the cuts, but she couldn't take away the pain.
The captive uttered a thank you before the light mage left the dungeon to get food from the water general to feed the prisoners. She had to complete this task before Aquas decided to pile on another one on the list and wordlessly handed out their meals to them. Finally done, the girl headed back to her room and stared out the window while waiting for further instructions. A light but silent huff left her powder pink lips as Lumina patiently hoped for a way to leave this desolate, dark and dreary place.
"The light has been so fickle and very cruel to me. I wonder when it will turn the odds to my favor soon?"
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Meanwhile in Mistglade City...
Inside the Mairlen Recreational Building(MRB or Rec Center for short which also happened to be a juice bar) all sorts of things were going on from people practicing karate, to doing homework among other things. One particular girl named Raye Silvertail walked inside to meet some friends at this place. She was a 20-year-old Native American woman with long brown hair and jade green eyes, wore a white jacket over a red shirt, black leggings and matching colored biker boots. A diamond tipped arrowhead pendant and a pair of rainbow wristbands accessorized her neck and wrists respectively.
Raye was a kind girl who was a total tomboy through and through, not to mention she was also like a big sister to all the neighborhood kids and teenagers. Any time one of them had a problem or just needed someone to talk to, they went directly to her and Raye would willingly lend an ear to the children and tried to offer solutions to their troubles. Because of that she was given the nickname "Big Sis Raye" and it was pretty ironic since the brunette was actually the oldest out of three children in her family; two of which were a sister and a brother both younger than Raye herself. She waved at a man dressed in white named Max who waved back and was the owner of the MRB before sitting at a table that was mostly occupied but had leftover space for a few others to sit.
"What took you so long, Raye?" One guy asked her as soon as she sat down. "We thought you weren't gonna make it here."
"Sorry, Marcus but I had to help my family with stuff," Raye replied before pulling out a bottle of water from her jacket pocket and unscrewed the cap to take a drink.
Marcus Santos was practically the Latino male version of Raye since he acted like a big brother to everyone despite being one year older than her. Messy, shoulder length black hair fell around his chin, neck and covered one of his brown eyes and Marcus had to sometimes toss his head back to move his hair away from his eye or tuck the locks behind an ear. He also wore a green T-shirt with two lighter green stripes of varying widths, gray baggy shorts that went past his knees, tan Timberland boots and a star ruby pendant hung around his neck. The 21-year-old was very handsome and somehow but unknowingly managed to attract some of the women around Mistglade City from just his good looks and kind personality. A few of them had nearly tried to stalk him and made the poor guy paranoid of intimate relationships so whenever the Latino made friends with a female, he made sure to friendzone her in case she wanted to be more than just friends and tried to pursue a romantic relationship.
Marcus sipped his apple juice while a goth girl named Fay Rocheford whose punked out pink and black ensemble was reminiscent of a biker(which was ironic since she actually owned a motorcycle) was messing with her white studded choker. Fay, who happened to be the same age as Marcus was somewhat of a loner and a woman of a few words and if she did speak, the redhead didn't say much either unless it was a pearl of wisdom or dry and snarky sarcastic humor. She's also a rebel who doesn't take kindly to authority much and her behavior had put Fay constantly at odds with her seemingly strict parents which resulted in the 21-year-old moving out and living on her own.
Despite her somewhat unruly appearance the redhead is very intelligent, streetsmart and knows a lot about machines and such amongst other things. Fay has a good head on her shoulders and doesn't act on impulse since she has a think first, act later logic along with something of a calm but no nonsense attitude about her. She has a few hobbies on the side such as drawing, playing videogames, listening to heavy metal, etc. and she is a total sucker for cute things. Fay also has a tomboy nature just like Raye.
The next person sitting at the table was Alexander Thurgoode who went by Alex for short. He was an African American male with short and curly black hair, chocolate brown eyes, a blue T-shirt under a black sweater jacket, faded blue jeans and black tennis shoes. Alex was the same as Marcus in terms of personality and just like Raye he had a couple of siblings under him. The guy loved collecting rocks so he could study about their mineral compounds and physical makeup, other times he just kept them because of how nice they looked.
He had other hobbies besides rock collecting like playing music since his family owned a piano and the 20-year-old would play on it occasionally. Alex had made piano covers from music he listened to either on TV or from playing videogames, his favorite being Terra's theme from FINAL FANTASY VI. He also studied karate and trained himself often so he wouldn't slack and mess up his forms as a result. Alex also learned karate as a form of self-defense and taught his siblings so they could defend themselves just like their big brother in case they got bullied.
Rena Langston was one of two youngest in the group at 19 years old(the other being Angel) and was of mixed heritage, with both a British father and a Hawaiian mother. Curly blonde hair grew from her scalp and settled above her deep green eyes, while her upper body was covered with a yellow spaghetti strap tank top under a denim jacket. A pair of white shorts fit comfortably around her waist and ended just a few inches above the knees and a set of ankle boots protected the young woman's sock covered feet.
Rena does all the things a typical girly girl would do such as shopping for expensive/fancy things, think about boys, loves cute things like Fay and can come off as an airhead sometimes but she means well. She also has a thing for gymnastics and had trained to be like some of the world's best gymnasts out there as well as keeping her body in top physical shape. The blonde was very flexible, due to all the training and yoga poses she put herself through and could even squeeze through some tight spaces by flattening her own body.
And finally Angel Nuromi the other youngest of the group of friends who sat in between Rena and Raye was solving a word search puzzle. Angel's biracial heritage came from her Japanese-Canadian mother and American father as it showed in her physical appearance. The 19-year-old's black hair(that she dyed white at the top) and almond shaped eyes came from her mother, while her complexion and gray eyes were inherited from her father. Angel's choice of clothing consisted of a gray plaid shirt over a black one, denim blue jeans with a gray belt and brown zipper fur boots. She also wore a pair of black gloves decorated with silver stars.
The ravenette loved to sing and listened to music that had a catchy beat that she liked. Angel had even signed up and joined a few choir clubs growing up to practice her singing. Her friends and family had praised the young woman for her voice and Angel's parents were curious if she'd ever take on a singing career sometime in the future, something of which that she was still debating on. Besides singing however, Angel was obsessed with doing puzzles as long as they weren't too challenging to stump her and give the girl a headache from thinking too hard. It didn't matter if the puzzle came in the form of a word search, crossword or even a rubix cube, she would make sure it was completed before moving onto something else but she made sure to take breaks every now and again.
Raye tapped Rena's arm before pointing at Angel, "How long has she been working on that?"
"About six or so minutes before you came in," the blonde replied as the brunette nodded in understanding before taking another swig of water.
"So, guys, what's the plan for today?" Alex asked his friends, "Still heading to the park later or we're just gonna stay and hang out here for now?"
"Yeah I guess I can go," Fay said after being quiet for a while.
"I'm up for it," Marcus spoke up before tapping Angel's shoulder, "What about you, Angel? Wanna go to the park with us?"
"Yeah."
Before she could ask the other girls, they were already up along with Alex. So the six friends packed their belongings and left the table to head outside to Mercury Park that was located somewhere near the center of Mistglade City.